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US v. Google: OpenAI's ChatGPT chief, Nick Turley, says the company would be interested in buying Chrome from Google if a federal court orders it to be spun off — OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.
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FTC v. Meta: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testifies that “Mark was not investing in Instagram because he believed we were a threat to their growth” — Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Meta viewed Instagram as a threat.
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Source: Intel is set to announce plans this week to cut 20%+ of its staff, its first major restructuring under Lip-Bu Tan; it had 108,900 workers in Dec. 2024 — Intel Corp. is poised to announce plans this week to cut more than 20% of its staff, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy at the struggling chipmaker …
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Apple drops “available now” from an Apple Intelligence page featuring an AI-supercharged Siri and removes a Siri-related video, after the BBB nonprofit inquired — The National Advertising Division recommended that Apple ‘modify or discontinue’ the claim.
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Sources: Apple's new Siri engineering chief Mike Rockwell is replacing much of Siri's leadership with top Vision Pro software execs, and is restructuring teams — Apple Inc.'s new Siri engineering chief is overhauling the management team leading development of the beleaguered voice assistant …
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Google says it will continue offering users the choice of third-party cookies in Chrome and will not roll out a new standalone prompt for them — In a shocking development, Google won't roll out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies in Chrome, meaning ad tech companies can still use …
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Superpower, which uses AI for personalized health overviews and offers biannual lab testing that analyzes 100+ blood biomarkers, launches with a $30M Series A — A startup called Superpower is publicly launching what it calls the world's first super app that is designed to help people better understand and take care of their health.
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Instagram launches Edits, a “video creation app designed for creators” intended to rival ByteDance's CapCut app, for free on iOS and Android — The standalone video editing app supports green screen and cutout features, just like ByteDance's CapCut app.
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Sources: Cantor's Brandon Lutnick, son of the US commerce secretary, seeks to form a $3B BTC acquisition vehicle with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex as partners — Investment vehicle backed by son of commerce secretary comes as US adopts more favourable policy on digital currency
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Mantra's CEO begins burning $80M worth of his OM tokens and plans to burn $80M worth from partners, after a 90% collapse on April 13 erased $5B+ in market value — The tokens are part of John Mullin's team allocation that were staked when the network first started in October 2024. — What to know:
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SAP reports Q1 cloud revenue up 26% YoY to €4.99B, vs. €5.05B est., and adjusted operating income up 58% to €2.5B, beating estimates; SAP jumps 9%+ after hours — Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality — Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved … | Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter: |
WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On for US Max subscribers, about two years after Netflix made a similar move to crack down on password sharing — U.S. users can also transfer their existing (adult) profile to the extra member account. — Max rolled out an “Extra Member Add-On” feature for U.S. subscribers on Tuesday.
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Researcher: the official SDK JS library for interacting with the XRP Ledger, with 140K+ weekly downloads, was compromised; XRP Ledger Foundation says it's fixed — - The XRP Ledger Foundation said there is a potential vulnerability in recent versions of the XRPL JavaScript library used … | Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Supabase, an open-source alternative to Google's Firebase that's used by 2M developers, raised a $200M Series D led by Accel at a $2B valuation — Supabase cofounders Ant Wilson and Paul Copplestone. — Supabase — Paul Copplestone didn't think things like this actually happened.
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